Stephens-Lee alumni work to keep legacy alive 100 years after first graduating class

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Stephens-Lee alumni work to keep legacy alive 100 years after first graduating class

Growing up in Buncombe County, Angel Redmond never thought much about Stephens-Lee High School, the institution that educated Black students in Western North Carolina for four decades until it closed in 1965. "I did have aunts and uncles who went there, but I didn't realize how much of an impact Stephens-Lee had," says Redmond, who…

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